___+ Entertainment
Back is beautiful By Erin J. Aubry
Does the public's embrace of Jennifer Lopez's abundant butt signal a cultural revolution -- or simply the triumph of watered-down multiculturalism? (07/15/98)
"Beloved" By Charles Taylor
The designated martyr: Jonathan Demme panders to Toni Morrison's guilt-mongering in his brutal adaptation of her bestseller. (10/16/98)
___+ Ivory Tower
What do Jefferson and Clinton have in common (besides randyness)? By Christopher Hitchens
Answer: They're both protected by a group of credulous historians. (11/18/98)
Historiographic revisionism By Christopher Shea
DNA evidence shows that Jefferson fathered at least one of Sally Hemings' children, and his academic defenders are scurrying to cover their tracks. (11/18/98)
___+ Media Circus
Secret America By Steve Erickson
When Thomas Jefferson declared we had the right to "life," he meant one immune from the prying eyes of the media and the state. (12/09/98)
Al Sharpton's second act By Dwight Garner
To many blacks, he's a voice of salutary outrage. To many whites, he's a dangerous buffoon. Will the real Al Sharpton please stand up?
___+ Mothers Who Think
Mulatto millennium By Danzy Senna
Since when did being the daughter of a Wasp and a black Mexican become cool? (07/24/98)
Slaves in the family By Maryanne Vollers
A white man's odyssey into his clan's secret history is a searing look at the most shameful event in America's past. (02/27/98)
Black like (white me) Reviewed by Janet McDonald
"A Hope in the Unseen" tells the story of an inner-city black kid at Brown -- through the eyes of a white author who tries to channel him. (08/24/98)
Love and justice By Polly Shulman
Two teenage novels. (02/24/98)
___+ Newsreal
A silent wind blows By Joe Conason
Why the right wing won't do anything to stop hate crimes and racism. (02/23/99)
Rush to defeat By Neal Pollack
Chicago's all-powerful Mayor Daley needs a real opponent. (02/23/99)
Did racism kill Tyisha Miller? By Lori Leibovich
Race, rage and death in Riverside. The mysterious killing of Tyisha Miller. (02/08/99)
Black people need to toughen up By Debra Dickerson
The Last Plantation: The "niggardly" scandal should teach whites to watch their language, and blacks to toughen up. (02/05/99)
Down for the count By C.D. Ellison
Now that the Supreme Court has barred census "sampling," what are Republicans going to do to correct the scandalous undercount of minority voters? (01/27/99)
The uneasy death of Florence Griffith Joyner By Kristina Rebelo Anderson
When the superstar former athlete died suddenly in her bedroom, a Pandora's box of dark rumors and murky explanations was let loose. (12/04/98)
Baa baa black sheep By David Horowitz
T here is no good reason why the black community should vote like the populations of communist countries who lacked the ability to exercise free choice. (11/09/98)
"Black people must be stupid" By Joel Dreyfuss
David Horowitz can't accept that African-Americans shrewdly voted their self-interest in the last election. (12/01/98)
Triumphant in death By David J. Garrow
James Earl Ray is laughing all the way to hell, thanks to the King family's preposterous belief that he didn't kill Martin Luther King Jr. (04/28/98)
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